
R.G. Armstrong
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1917
- Died
- July 27, 2012
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Robert Golden Armstrong was an American actor and playwright. A veteran character actor who appeared in dozens of Westerns over the course of his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.
Filmography
- Stockers
Stockers TBA
as Mr. Fisk

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western 2024
as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film 2014
as Self

The Hottest State 2007
Thanks
- Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait 2006
as Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self

Keeper of Souls 2001
as Edward Sloan

Purgatory 1999
as Coachman

The Man in the Iron Mask 1998
as Old Man

Invasion of Privacy 1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Don't Look Back 1996
as Parish

Payback 1995
as Mac

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion 1994
as Retired Texas Ranger

Dead Center 1994
as Art Fencer

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron 1993
as Self

Warlock: The Armageddon 1993
as Franks

Dick Tracy 1990
as Pruneface

Ghetto Blaster 1989
as Curtis

Trapper County War 1989
as Pop Luddigger

Bulletproof 1988
as Miles Blackburn

Predator 1987
as Major General Homer Phillips
- Independence
Independence 1987
as Uriah Creed

LBJ: The Early Years 1987
as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Jocks 1986
as Bettlebom

Red Headed Stranger 1986
as Sheriff Reese Scoby

Oceans of Fire 1986
as Rusty West

The Best of Times 1986
as Schutte

Children of the Corn 1984
as Diehl

Lone Wolf McQuade 1983
as T. Tyler

The Shadow Riders 1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette

Hammett 1982
as Lt. O'Mara

The Beast Within 1982
as Doc Schoonmaker

Reds 1981
as Government Agent

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper 1981
as Dempsey

Raggedy Man 1981
as Rigby

Evilspeak 1981
as Sarge

Where the Buffalo Roam 1980
as Judge Simpson

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979
as Leland Stanford

Steel 1979
as Kellin

The Legend of the Golden Gun 1979
as Judge Harrison Harding

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider 1979
as Al Barber

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff 1979
as Mr. Hemmings

The Time Machine 1978
as Gen. Harris

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 1978
as Dunworth

Heaven Can Wait 1978
as General Manager

Texas Detour 1978
as Sheriff Burt

The Pack 1977
as Cobb

The Car 1977
as Amos Clements

Mr. Billion 1977
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Kingston 1976
as Father Reardon

Dixie Dynamite 1976
as Charlie White - Bank President

Stay Hungry 1976
as Thor Erickson

Mean Johnny Barrows 1975
as Richard

Boss Nigger 1975
as Mayor Griffin

White Line Fever 1975
as Prosecutor

Race with the Devil 1975
as Sheriff Taylor

Reflections of Murder 1974
as Mr. Turner

Manhunter 1974
as Henry Stratemeyer

The Legend of Hillbilly John 1974
as Bristowe

My Name Is Nobody 1973
as Honest John

Running Wild 1973
as Bull

White Lightning 1973
as Big Bear

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Ollinger

Prologue to Wounded Knee 1973
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Cotter 1973
as Jack

The Century Turns 1972
as Ben Ritt

The Final Comedown 1972
as Mr. Freeman

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 1972
as Clell Miller

Justin Morgan Had a Horse 1972
as Squire Fisk

J.W. Coop 1972
as Jim Sawyer

The Great White Hope 1970
as Captain Dan

The McMasters 1970
as Watson

The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970
as Quittner

Tiger by the Tail 1970
as Ben Holmes

80 Steps to Jonah 1969
as Mackray

El Dorado 1966
as Kevin MacDonald

Major Dundee 1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom

Calhoun 1964
as Zac Laird

He Rides Tall 1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Ride the High Country 1962
as Joshua Knudsen

The Man Who Found the Money 1960
as Captain Bone

Ten Who Dared 1960
as Oramel Howland

The Fugitive Kind 1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

No Name on the Bullet 1959
as Asa Canfield

Never Love a Stranger 1958
as Flix

From Hell to Texas 1958
as Hunter Boyd

A Face in the Crowd 1957
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Baby Doll 1956
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Garden of Eden 1954
as J. Randolph Latimore
Credits from TMDB.